document.write( "Question 1106869: 3|u+5| > 12 \r
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You will get an equivalent inequality\r\n" );
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document.write( "|u+5| > 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The solutions are those values of \"u\" that are remoted more than 4 units from -5, i.e.  u < -9   and/or  u > -1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The solutions are these two intervals  u < -9  and  u > -1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "         In the interval notation, the solution is the union of these two intervals:  (,) U (,).\r\n" );
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